The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, August 3, 1954 The Key West. Citizen Published dail: i ly (except Sunda; juilding, Greene and Ann Streets. Lica Se meee cued Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN meee Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-562 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively ertitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- lished. here. 7 Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 og ADVERTISING RATES MADE K KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. ae IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, » Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Goveraments. . Community Auditorium. Se i 7 a RRND Rei a Sines RR DON’T BLAME WEATHER MAN IF FORECAST TURNS OUT TO BE WRONG Don’t smirk superiorly because your weatherman makes a mistake. He is dealing with the most erratic thing in creation. He bases his conclusions on indications, but they turn out repeatedly to be misleading. Last Saturday, for instance, it seemed that Key West would have cloudy and rainy weather through Sunday, and we were so told by our Weather Bureau. But the sun rose in a clear sky on Sunday, and it continued clear all day long. And that easterly wave we heard about so much last week, drenching parts of Cuba and the Bahamas, which appeared to be headed this way, gave us little wind and little more than a trace of rain, Sam Goldsmith, meteorologist in charge of the Weather Bureau in Key West, keeps us as weatherwise as any other community in the United States. He is care- ful never to say with certainty anything about the type of weather we will have on the morrow. He tells of in- dications of what the weather on the morrow will be, and sometimes they turn out to be right and sometimes to be wrong. It is not “physically impossible,” as a former weather man once said, for a storm to do just the opposite of what it seemingly would do. At this time of year, the weather, with which Key Westers are chiefly concerned, is hurricanes. Thus far this area has been fortunate. Two hurricanes, Alice and Barbara, have been reported in the Texas and Louisiana areas, and both were mild compared with the general run of hurricanes. The best thing for us to do is to paraphrase George Washington’s advice, “In times of péace prepare for war,” to “In times of good weather prepare for hurri- canes.” Key West’s record in that regard has been ex- ceptionally good, with only two lives lost in hurricanes in the 84 years the Weather Bureau and, before it, the Army Signal Corps have been operating in Key West. Sam Goldsmith gave us good advice recently when he told us to forget about hurricanes until one is headed this way, and then do everything possible to protect self and home in the event that it strikes us. The fact that many a hurricane has been coming directly toward us and changed its course should not make us relax in exercising caution, for you never can tell what a hurricane will do. “Gee, it’s hot!” You should feel lucky you are liv- ing in Key West. The highest our temperature has been this summer is 93, whereas in many cities in the United States it has often topped 100, and in a few cities going as high as 116. Advertising in summer time is a good way to build business prestige for the future, a eeeeeeeeeeeeeemereee TADS AGES aL Crossword Puzzle fino amen om ACROSS 36. That thing TIE |MIP|O[R|AIRIV gM A/N] E/O) 1] TIS) 1. Nativeofa 37-nxist territory 38. Charles 8. Pretenses Lamb 83. Colonnade 39, Siouan ‘M4. Pertaining Indian tosound 10. Owns 86. Not presen! 2. Go by alr 16. Hobby 43. Indian 17. As far as mulberry 48. Mystic 44. For Hindu word example: 19. Kind of bear abbr. 20. Small 45, Edge number 46. Temper 21. Swamp 50. Soldering 23. Measure flux 52. Emerald- green copper arsenate 53. Sun-dried brick 54. Rethreaded DOWN 1. Brazilian timber tree JATRIET ARE VIE IW{S] 2. Tennis stroke 3. Maliciow burning 4. Stalk 5. Relatives 6. Part of a play 7. Notany 8. Remai: 9. Scuttle 10, Article 11. Defeat at chess 12, Lacking speed 16. Adversar: 19. Magnifice... 20. Froth 21. Gladly 22. Volcano 23. Dig from the earth 24. Yale 25. Broad smile 27. Present 38. Largest mon! 1. 1 34, Artiess 35. Ireland eo 32. Little lies 33. Silkworm 38. Graceful tree 39. Derived from oil 40. Queen of the gods 41. Antique 42. Excellent 43. Girl’s name 45. Body bone ZA 46. Exist 47, Nothing 48. Devoured 49. Conducted 51. Thus 32. Comparative _ DON'T JUST STAND THERE= This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb A retired chemist ‘called this column with regard to fluoridation of water. He thought it would be of interest to readers to know that down in Australia, sheep herders are concerned about the problem It seems that in certain geo- graphical areas, fluoride — rang- ing from 5 - 10 p. p. m. — is found in underground waters. The government has found it necessary to map out these hazardous areas for sheep raisers, Animals graz- ing on the grass develop lesions. There is.no indication that the meat from such disease-ridden sheep is not eatable but needless to Say, it isn’t an appetizing thought to sit down to a meal of this kind. As I said above, the gentleman who called me is a scientist. He was neither “for nor against” the fluoridation of water. I’m taking the liberty to guess from his con- versation however, that he felt the entire subject should be studied with great care and deliberation — and without emotion! Technically, I lack the know- ledge and ability to write about fluorides. For instance, those in favor of fluoridation maintain that small amounts of fluoride — less than 1 p. p. m. — produce no visi- ble evidence of immediate harm to the consumer, They ignore com- pletely all arguments as to whe- ther there may be “cumulative ef- fects.” This can only be answered by scientists. There is the ethical angle to con- sider, however — Placing fluoride in water is com- pulsory medication — all but the most ‘die-hard’ supporters of the process agree with this. And whe- ther you like it or not, compulsory medication doesn’t reflect the Am- erican concept of life. Dr. Floyd H. DeCamp arbitrari- ly stated that anyone who opposed fluoridation would probably be a ‘crack-pot.’ Next he attacked a minority religious group. As an American, I consider each person is entitled to worship God in what- soever manner he may choose. It isn’t good for a man who holds down a job dominated by polities to attack the Christian Scientists anymore than the Jews, the Catho- lies, the Seventh Day Adventists, etc. All of these are minority groups. Breaking down the barrier of religious freedom in one group by government office holders is eventually going to crumple the rights of all religions. Wonder Drugs How many of the “wonder drugs” of the past few years have actually lived up to the claims of their commercially sponsored pro- ducers? Chemical companies are not much different than automo- bile companies, motion picture dis- tributors, etc. They have to sell their*product in order to stay in business. To make these sales — they use high-powered advertising. Not the kind of advertising that you see in newspapérs but the kind thet emanates from successful Washington lobbyists. Sulfa, penicillium, cortisone and many other miracle producers have proven. to be fine but only under the administration of a phy- sician who considers the merits of individual cases. I feel the same way about fluori- dation. Doctors are the ones to pres- cribe fluorides just as they do cod liver oil — for the people who need it. I’m against socialized medicine and I’m against the Public Health Service dipping its ‘nose’ into af- fairs which are the responsibility of individuals apd their doctor. We've had too much government interference with our private lives in the past few years, If it keeps up, we'll have to ask some govern- ment agency for permission to blow our noses. When are folks go- ing to wake up to the fact that individual initiative built these Uni- ted States? PEOPLE’S FORUM of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. FLUORIDATION AND ANIMALS Editor, The Citizen: Concerning fluoridation here, would like to know what effects would this have on birds and animals. I am thinking primarily of the many parrakeets and canaries, dogs and cats. Since quite convincing arguments have been advanc- Wife Wants Her Wages Repaid ST. LOUIS #—Mrs. Florence L. Windisch, in what her lawyer calls a “new approach to the problem of working wives,” yesterday filed an amended divoree petition asking her husband to repay the $14,527 she earned as a secretary during their marriage. She charged her earnings during the marriage ‘‘were appropriated by her husband and we used and controlled by him” although she never agreed to such action in writing. - Milton S$. Napier, her attorney, said he is proceeding under the Missouri Married Women’s Act, which provides a husband may use his wife’s earnings only if she has agreed to it in writing. RED COMPOSERS ARE HONORED BY SOVIET MOSCOW \™—The Soviet Un- fers two foremost composers, mitri Shostakovitch and Aram Key West In Days Gone By G One of the’ largest botanical tropieal gardens in the world to be established in Key West is now being constructed by J. Gerry Curtis, diréctor of parks and re- creation for the FERA. The de- partment will endeavor to acquire suitable lands for this purpose. Aetual evidences of fraud were revealed in the county of votes in the Fifth and Seventh Precincts and the tally books of the precincts for the First Primary, in Monroe county. This was told The Citizen by County Solicitor J. F. Busto who is conducting the investiga- tions as to alleged frauds in elec- tions in this county as instructed by the governor. B. M. Duncan, administrator for FERA in this region, caught his first tarpon last night. While not one of the Targest caught this year, it was a fine specimen of silver King and measured four feet. & we * August 3, 1944 The Board of County Commis- sioners last night went on record| as favoring creation of a beach in Key West, and pledged itself to ask State Representative B. C. Papy to introduce a bill in the legislature to permit a one mill levy for, that purpose. - Key West’s new municipal Hos- pital on Stock Island is scheduled to have its final inspection on August 25, but the date of its opening still is in doubt, Ernest Ramsey, of the Board of Gover- nors, told the Key West Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon to- day. Acting swiftly, and without any discussion which would give a clue as to the reasons for such a move, the Board of County Commission- ers last-night rescinded their pre- vious action of last week in which the millage was fixed at 3 mills. EVEN GRASSHOPPERS TAMPER WITH MAIL SAVANNAH, Mo. @® The Savannah post office forwarded a letter marked “‘Opened by Grass- j hopper.” It seems a rural carrier picked Khatchaturian, have been named|up the letter from a box on his “People’s Artists.” The two wotld-|route and discovered a grasshop- renowned musicians, often targets|per had chewed around the. top of criticism by state organs, never | and sides of the letter. He had to before had received this top honor awarded to Soviet composers. A Grain use tape to reseal the letter so made the notation on it. Of Salt By Bill Spillman About seven or eight years ago I was on a navy destroyer that found itself in a situation that I don’t think has since been duplicat- ed, at least, I haven't heard of a similar incident. It was on a cold winter afternoon when our ship pulled into the harbor of Naples, Italy. A brisk, northern wind that had originated in the foothills of the Alps gustily blew across the harbor. ‘No sooner had our ship anchored and the crew began to settle down to regular in-port duties when a row boat came up close to the des- troyer. A woman dressed in a fur coat was the passenger. “I show you what’a I got.” She said in broken english. “I wanta de cigarettes.” The lady then proceeds to dis- robe partially. By this time, the word had been passed all over the ship and pract- ieally all of the crew had manned the rail on the side of the ship to see the show. The ship began to take more of a list as more of the crew went to the rail. On the Bridge, about thirty people crowded there to use fluence on getting the woman to have her boat rowed somewhere else. The captain picked up the meg- aphone and called, “This is the captain Miss, will you please leave the area, You are disturbing the crew.” The woman stood up in the boat, disro! some more and yelled, “Captain, you cute. I love you for some cigarettes.” No one near the captain dared laugh. e captain, red faced, was lost for words. He hurried to to the combat information center and im- mediately called g conference on strategy. Unless the situaton were handled Properly, a diplomatic incident map aaye been in the making. the woman needed was a little music to go with the act. In fact one member of the crew suggested that the ships company should sing | the “Strip Polka.” Actually, the Communists were responsible for the incident being woided. It happened that up in the red boys were rai: ed-anent the harmful effects it would have on human beings, what danger lurks therein for the delicate par- rakeet or the fragile canary. : More power to Bill Gibb for bringing this important question out into the open. It is only through pro and con discussions in public that what is best for the public can be decided by the public. A newspaper plays a most important part in this connection and a columnist not afraid to buck opposition from many quarters supplies the spark that lights the way to truth. J. W. RUSSELL August 2, 1954, 1210 South Street, Key West, Fla. , the binoculags. The officer of the deck yelled, “Clear the quarterdeck.” The quarterdeck was cleared. The young ensign walked to the rail with a megaphone and called out to the woman. “Please leave the area. You are disrupting the duties of the ship,” he said in stiff military manner. The woman answered the deck officer. “Boy—you too young. Me like’a de man.” The crew. roared. By this time the Captain, a well liked man by the crew and a fine naval officer, decided that perhaps his appearance would have an in- y ig ri] if : i i He iy Beg g ae ES : ge 5 - & NOYTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO MI ODISEA... Es innegable que cada quien se muere, cuando le llega su dia. Poco o nada vale el exceso de cui- dado. Cuando la Parca viene con las malas intenciones de cargar con uno hacia las regiones desconoci- das, de las cuales nadie ha regre- sado, hay que aceptar la invita- cién y disponerse a visar el pasa- porte, para no tener dificultades al arribar a esas desconocidas | playas, en las cuales el viajero no sabe qué ha de encontrar. Yo puedo declarar que cuando fui Hevado a La Habana por mi buena esposa, llevaba en mi mente la idea definitiva de que iba a “cantar el manisero” alla donde mis inolvidables padres fallecieron. Y declaro qud iba conforme, resig- nado. Habia vivido ya bastante y me sentia satisfecho de haber podido hacerlo, durante muchos afios. A mi Hegada al aeropuerto, cuando la camilla fué depositada en el salén de espera de dicho lugar, sentti como si el aire de la tierra bendita, me trajera el suave perfume de la esperanza, como si al acariciar mi rostro palido y descolorido por la gravedad que padecia, pusiera en mi corazon la esperanza de vivir, de dejar atras el mal que me aquejaba .. . Y asi ha sido, gracias al Todo- poderoso. Fu! trasladado en una ambulancia hasta el maravilloso Hospital de Emergencia. All me recibieron con un carifo y una atencion, que nunca podré agra- decer bastante, un notable cardié- logo y un experto cirujano. Am- bos estaban ya dispuestos a dar la gran batalla, para rescatarme de los brazos de la Intrusa. Su exclamacién al verme en la camilla, fué de un pesimismo desolador: “Ustedes lo que traen aqui es un muerto” . . . Yo escuché tal sen- tencia y pensé que acaso si ellos tenian razon. Pero, confiaba en la ciencia de esos inmensos cirujanos. De esos grandes bene- factores, que solo piensan en curar, sin importarseles poco 0 nada, lo que habrian de peecibir por su trabajo. - Tres noches y tres dias de un suplicio aterrador. La gangrena habia hecho presa cruel de mi Pierna izquierla. Los dolores eran atroces. Para calmarlos no habia medicina alguna. La morfina, la Papaverina, tdo eso era como si se echara al fondo del mar. Los dolores eran horribles, Pasé esas tres inolvidables noches, pidiendo a gritos a los médicos que me amputazen la pierna izquierda. Al fin, al cuarto dia, se me hizo un electrocardiograma. Se me hizo por un experto en esa clase de examen. No fué un intruso, ni un aprendiz quien tuvo a su cargo ese importante trabajo. Del resul- tado, se acordé operarme ese mismo dia, en horas de la noche. Como a las cinco de la tarde, vinieron a mi lecho de enfermo un médico y dos inteligentes alumnos. Portaban una caja en la cual introdujeron mi pierna enferma. La cubrieron de hielo y de sal en grano. Después cerraron la caja herméticamente. Asi estuve hasta las diez y media de la noche en que vinieron a buscarme para levarme a la Sala de Operaciones. Cuando esto sucedia, ya mi Pierna estaba totalmente conge- lada. No sentia el mas insignifi- cante dolor. Tal cual si la hubiese amputado. Llegué al la mesa de operaciones donde me esperaban tres médicos, cuatro alumnos y dos enfermeras graduadas. Des- pués de inyectarme no se que droga, procedieron a descubrir la Pierna ya congelada. Y pudever con mis propios ojos, toda la dificil operacién a que estaba sometido. Primero, se midieron cuidadosa- mente las dos piernas. Después, | uno de los médicos tomé la pierna enferma entre sus manos, mien- tras el otro doctor, conectaba una sierra eléctrica y cuidadosa- mente procedia ante mis ojos asombrados, a cercenar mi pierna, seis, pulgadas més 0 ménos, sobre la rétula izquierda. Yo le veia operar, cauterizar, ligar nervios y tendones, suturar la herida, todo ello, sin la menor sensacién de dolor, sin dar una sola gota de sangre. Estaba totalmente conge- lado todo el espacio en que traba- |jJabn los talentosos | cirujanos. Despues, de ligados tendones etc. ete., se procedié a colocar los vendajes, sujetandolos con espara- drapos. Al terminar este final de operacion, el Dr. Carlos Pérez Abreu, cirujano actuante, quitan- dose la careta, con un carifio y una amabilidad exquisita, me pregunté: ' y habiles — Admirablemente, doctor. Muy | agradecide a todos ustedes por jla manera tan magistral en que |me han amputade e: rna, sin | haber sentido dolor algune . . . Y recobrando mi buen humor, al no tener ya dolores de ninguna clase, le dije al médico: — Tengo un empeiie con ustedes. Deseo rifar esa pobre pierna y quiero que cada un de ustedes quien contribuya a salvarie, me dijo el médico todo emocionado, al escuchar mis palabras de broma, tras de tan grave operacién . . . Y estimo que no le falté razén al eminente ‘cirujano. Desde el primer instante en. que sufri el espasmo de las coronarias, tuve la conviccién de que me habia Megado la hora de la partida. Y sin perder mi buen humor, sin dar una sola muestra de temor ante la presencia de la muerte, sufri, senti angustias supremas y jamas deié de mostrar mi presen- cia de dnimo, para que mi dulce y amalde companera y mis hijos, se ;Sintieran con valor y confortados, al verme tan dispuesto a todo cuanto fuese necesario. También deseo declarar honra- damente, que ese dia enque fuf operado, recibi junto a mi lecho del Hospital, la ‘visita de un piadoso sacerdote catélico, quien con |frases Ienas de honda ternura, puso en mi atribulado espiritu, un rayo de esperanza y conforté mi mente, dejandome, al separarse de mi lecho, una resignacién tan eon- soladora, que senti como si cerca de mi, estuviera la presencia del Todopoderoso, dispuesto a salvar- me de la muerte . Tal ha sido mi odisea, la enorme tragedia de los meses de marzo hasta junio. Pero todo ello me ha_ servido para saber que tengo amigos, que gozo del carifio y del respeto de mis conterraneos. Y me siento bien pagado al con- vencerme de que en este pueblo querido, donde viera la primera luz, todo el mundo se interesé por mi estado y no fueron pocas les rogativas que se hicieron al cielo, pidiendo que mi vida fuera salva- da. ; Ahora, a luchar de nuevo, con la gratitud que vive en mi corazén para mis queridos paisanos del Cayo. US. Drafts New Demand For Compensation WASHINGTON (#—The United States is reported drafting a new demand that the Chinese Commu- nists pay compensation for six Americans killed and wounded by Red fighter planes. Diplomatic officials said today a vigorous second note — Red China rejected the first one — would be sent to the Peiping regime in the next few days. The American note will renew a demand that all persons responsible for the attack be punished and that steps be taken to prevent any such future shootings. Three Americans were killed and jthree others wounded when Com- munist planes shot down a British airliner last July 23 south of Red- held Hainan Island. Ten lives were lost in all. The State Department dismissed as baseless yesterday a protest by the Communist ‘government of Po- and, made last Saturday, that American planes had fired on two Polish ships in the area of Hainan Island. 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